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Month: December 2019

Bulgaria 

More than a third of commercial aircraft in Bulgaria older than 20 years – Eurostat

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Forty-four per cent of the commercial aircraft in use in Bulgaria are 20 years old or more, according to statistics

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Parliament ratifies contract to buy two minesweepers from the Netherlands

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on December 6 to ratify a contract to buy two second-hand minesweepers from the Netherlands. The

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Bulgaria 

Traffic Police chief of Bulgaria’s Plovdiv fired

December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

Chief Inspector Dimitar Dimitrov has been fired as Plovdiv Traffic Police chief because of the high number of road deaths

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian theatre and screen actress Stoyanka Mutafova dies aged 97

December 6, 2019December 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Stoyanka Mutafova, nominated in 2016 to be listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest working

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Parliament approves 2020 Budget Act at second reading

December 6, 2019November 26, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has given its final approval to the 2020 Budget Act after a now-familiar marathon of three sittings

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Europe 

North Macedonia takes step forward towards full membership of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance

December 5, 2019December 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

A plenary meeting in Luxembourg of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has agreed to raise the status of the

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Bulgaria 

TEDxVitosha 2020. The Dream Maker

December 5, 2019January 15, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

Dreaming: is it just a fantasy or…? We’ll talk about it later. But first – what is TEDxVitosha? It is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria reports 0.8% economic growth in Q3 2019

December 5, 2019December 9, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff macroeconomic indicators

Bulgaria’s economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the third quarter of the year, according to preliminary data announced by

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Bulgaria 

Russia expels Bulgarian diplomat in tit-for-tat over espionage row

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Russia

Bulgaria’s ambassador in Moscow was summoned on December 5 to the Russian Foreign Ministry to be handed a note declaring

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